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A friend emailed this to me on Valentine’s day (hence the 14), actually, and felt the urge to blog about it just now. Just a peek into what I’m listening to I always have my iTunes on shuffle mode; since I don’t have a lot of space on my hard drive, I never save songs I wouldn’t want to listen to on any given moment. In fact, that’s the best part about my music collection: one minute I’m working away on something, oozing agression while listening to Pantera’s Fuckin’ Hostile, the next I’m being soothed by Ka Freddie’s Alaala

So here’s a random 14:

Let me just say right now that I actually own the original CD’s (yeaaaaaah riiiight) for most of my collection

Honest

The last CD you bought is:

Dream Theater, Live in Budokan. Lent it to Jean, and I see no point trying to get it back, since, well, stuff happened. I hope she listens to it from time to time. I hope she thinks kindly of me, if at all.

Write down five songs that meant a lot to you/your relationship:

Hoo boy. I’m not gonna write down my favorites, just those that really *do* mean a lot…

1. Drive by Ziggy Marley
2. I’ll Be by Edwin McCain
3. Ikaw ang aking mahal by VST
4. Fly me to the moon
5. Moon River

Now there’s a story behind each song, and it’s about a girl. Just one girl. The one that got away…

Dammit, time for some Children of Bodom…

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How come I’ve never heard of them before? With hilariously jazzy remakes of the classics “Hey Ya”, “Astrocreep”, “Smack My Bitch Up”, “Rape Me” and more, these guys are a joy to listen to. I don’t see their stuff in Tower Records or Odyssey, but that’s why we have Kazaa and Torrent A must listen.

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Kitchie Nadal and other things

Ok, laugh later, but I swear I didn’t know Kitchie Nadal used to front Mojofly. I was always like “wow, she just came out of nowhere!” I’m bad with faces, I know. And names. And birthdays. And phone numbers. Doesn’t matter

Markku did a lot of us a favor by posting the lyrics and chords to the song “Wag na wag mong sasabihin”, and if you haven’t heard it or hummed to it, you’re more out of touch than I am. It’s a very cute and catchy song — catchy enough that someone who’s not so much into pop-rock (like me) starts to sing along. Sometimes. Ok, everytime I hear it. Dammet, nasira ang pagka metalista ko!

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Former Pantera guitarist, 3 others killed by gunman

Now I know how the fans of Randy Rhoades must have felt like when his plane crashed, of all places into their tour bus. Or all the Lenon fans. I have a long list of musicians who died an untimely death (aren’t they all?), from Duanne Allman, Cliff Burton, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Holly, Jim Morrison, and Stevie Ray Vaughan to Karen Carpenter, but I’ve never actually had anything more than a slight twinge of pity. I wasn’t around (or aware) when they died, and while I appreciate their music, I wasn’t of their generation, and I never saw them live their lives.

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